Procedure for the fixing of guide rails
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorHelge Korhonen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a procedure for fixing the guide rails (3) of an elevator car (4) and/or counterweight, in which procedure the guide rails (3) of the elevator car and counterweight are fixed to the wall (12) of the elevator shaft or to an intermediate member laid across the elevator shaft. The car guide rails (4) and counterweight guide rails (3) are locked at a desired distance from the wall by fixing elements (11) used to fix the counterweight guide rails (3).
Claims5
A method for fixing guide rails for an elevator car and/or counterweight, in which method a car guide rail and a counterweight guide rail are fixed to a wall of an elevator shaft or to an intermediate member laid transversely across the shaft, said method including the steps of:
- installing a U-shaped mounting member in the shaft, the U-shaped mounting member including a pair of arms and a connecting member interconnecting the pair of arms;
- fastening the car guide rail to the connecting member of the U-shaped mounting member using a first fastener;
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- fastening the counterweight guide rail to one of the arms of the U-shaped mounting member using a second fastener such that the second fastener also fixes the car guide rail and the counterweight guide rail at a desired distance from the shaft wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.